Clinton Street Barber Shop — Local services in New York

Went here because of the good reviews, but my experience was just ok. While the guys were very friendly with their regulars in the shop, I was more or less ignored the entire time. Not a big deal for me, but could be for some people, so I thought I'd mention it. My main concern is that the barber apparently didn't understand what I wanted and cut it short where I wanted it longer and left it long where I wanted it short. When he tried to check with me on the length most of the way through the cut, I asked if he would thin it out more on the sides and (after translating through one of the other guys since he didn't speak English well) he assured me that he would thin it out later. He only sort of did. The front ended up looking okay but not quite what I wanted, and he didn't show me the back at all, so I didn't realize until later that the back was super long. I probably could have gone back and gotten it adjusted but honestly I was just over it at that point. So, all in all, not a bad cut, per se, but not great and not...

This was my regular place a couple years ago. The haircuts ranged from "decent" to "good" but never really had a great haircut here. However,he service was always great and friendly and the haircuts were always reasonably priced.

TODAY, I went back and had the worst haircut experience in along time. The barber was VERY inexperienced, very unfriendly and when I tried to tell him that I didnt like something (really he was just neglecting what I told him I wanted in the beginning to get away with just doing a simple buzz cut) he would tell me that it was MY fault that it wasnt coming out how I wanted. He didnt know what a fade was and I ended up with a 5 on the sides and some sad mop on top. Very aloof, unprofessional, and condescending

Bottom Line: Its a gamble - you may get some of the experienced barbers (the shorter woman with glasses is fantastic and friendly) but you may get stuck with someone whose own hair looks like he used a cheese...

They do an amazing job. They take their time and that's what I love about the place. EDIT: So when I originally wrote this review I was really happy with Clinton Street barbershop. But after 6 months I had changed barbers. The head barber is unfortunately short staffed with barbers who unfortunately take far to long to cut one person's hair (an hour to do a fade is far to long). Add to this that the place is quite popular, the barbers seem to be more interested in chatting than cutting hair, and a "line" (piece of paper with names on it and nobody seems to know who ACTUALLY is next) that has no organization...I'd frequently spend close to 2 1/2 HOURS on a Saturday waiting for a haircut. After having this happen about three or four times I decided to move on to another barbershop who'd value my time more. It's not the skill that is the issue, it's the lack of organization and the long wait time which made me rewrite...